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The chaos machine the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world

The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. The companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinker...

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Main Author: Fisher, Max (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Social media > Psychological aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Social media and society.
Summary: The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. The companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. -- adapted from jacket
Physical Description: ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index
ISBN: 9780316703321
031670332X
Author Notes: Max Fisher is an international reporter for the New York Times , where he authors a column called "The Interpreter," which explains global trends and major world events, and where he contributed to a series about social media that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2019. Fisher previously covered international affairs at The Atlantic and the Washington Post . He lives in Los Angeles.

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